This Monday marks 194 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. the ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas assured that the Russian Army uses the nuclear plant of Zaporizhia as a weapon, as stated in an interview with the American network abcnews. “You see, they occupied our nuclear station, six blocks. The largest in Europe. It means six times Chernobyl; it means the greatest danger in Europe”, the president has affirmed, before adding that this “means that they use nuclear weapons.” In this sense, he has asserted that there should be no military personnel: “There should be no military equipment in the territory. There should be no plant workers surrounded by people with firearms,” he added.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, located in southeastern Ukraine, has been the subject of several bombing in the last weeks. kyiv and Moscow have criticized each other for attacks in the vicinity of the nuclear plant, while Russian troops are currently occupying the site.
United Nations has constantly warned of the danger of fighting in the Zaporizhia region due to the possibility of a catastrophe there. Currently, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are on site to assess and monitor any damage.
Moscow court revokes ‘Novaya Gazeta’ newspaper’s license
A Moscow court has revoked the newspaper’s license Novaya Gazetasymbol of the critical information with the Kremlinfollowing a request by the Russian regulatory body, Roskomnadzor, in the framework of the tightening of censorship of the Russian media in the face of the military offensive on Ukraine.
OPEC and Russia decide today what their oil offer will be in October
The Oil Ministers of the OPEC+ Alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decide today, in their monthly telematic conference, how many barrels of crude will they supply to the market next month. Preceded by an internal committee, the virtual meeting is scheduled for 11:30 GMT this Monday, according to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based in Vienna, amid rising tensions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in energy markets.
Zelensky says that the offensive in the south has made it possible to liberate two towns
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured today that the counter-offensive launched a week ago today in the south of the country to recover territories occupied by Russia yields the first results after liberating the Army two localities in this part of the country. “I will not tell the details, but the Ukrainian flags are returning to the places where they should be by right,” the president said after another meeting of the General Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in which they reviewed the Ukrainian war strategy.
Zelensky’s words came after Ukrainian media published a photo of soldiers raising their country’s flag on the rooftops of a hospital in Vysokopillya. It is a town in the Kherson region of about 4,000 pre-war citizens, located south of Krivoy Rog and about 160 kilometers northeast of the occupied city of Kherson. Ukraine has been hitting for a week in the south logistics and supply lines russian troopsas well as their warehouses and weapons depots and command and control posts, in order to reduce their capabilities and prevent their withdrawal and supply.
Zelensky also said that in the eastern front the soldiers managed to liberate a town in the pro-Russian region of Donetsk, although they did not reveal its name. Ukrainian media claim that it refers to Ozerne, between Sloviansk and Siversk.
The UK Ministry of Defense assures that Donbas remains Russia’s main objective
The UK Ministry of Defense says in its morning Intelligence update that despite the efforts of the Russian Army to contain the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south, is focused on conquering Donbas. The main “axes of Russian advance remain in Avdivka, near the city of Donetsk and, 60 km to the north, around Bakhmut”, the Ministry of Defense assured in a tweet this Monday morning. “His forces have only advanced about 1 km per week towards Bakhmut. The political objective of the Donbas operation remains almost certainly to secure the entire Donetsk region, which would allow the Kremlin to announce the ‘liberation’ of Donbas.”
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 5 September 2022
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Russia blames Europe and sanctions for closure of Nord Stream
The Kremlin blames European politicians for the closure of the pipeline Nord Stream 1, one of its main gas supply routes, and says its economic sanctions on Russia make it difficult for Russia to maintain the pipeline. Gazprom, as reported by Reuters. “If the Europeans make the absolutely absurd decision to refuse to repair their equipment, or rather, the equipment that belongs to Gazprom, but which they are contractually obliged to repair, this is not Gazprom’s fault,” said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
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